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Iron Ward requires character level 10.

Iron Ward

Active skill gem · Strength

Iron Ward

Buff, Persistent, AoE, Physical, Nova

Type: Active skill gem

Socket Colour: Red (Strength)

Reservation: 30 Spirit

Requires Level 10

While active, stores a percentage of the Physical damage that is prevented by your Armour or other sources of damage reduction. Using this Skill releases the stored damage as a nova of spikes.

Status effects it applies

Iron Ward grants or inflicts this status effect — see the full description on each.

Iron WardBuff

Related active gems

BoneshatterReq. 1

EarthquakeReq. 1

Rolling SlamReq. 1

Armour BreakerReq. 7

Infernal CryReq. 7

Shield ChargeReq. 7

Works with these support gems

3 support gems can be linked to Iron Ward to modify how it behaves.

Break Endurance

Medved's Felling

Stun

Stats per gem level

How Iron Ward scales as the gem levels up — the damage and effect it deals at each level, with the character level each step requires.

Level	Req.	Stats
1	1	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 100% (65)
2	3	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 120% (116)
3	7	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 140% (195)
4	10	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 160% (296)
5	14	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 180% (432)
6	18	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 200% (602)
7	22	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 220% (828)
8	27	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 240% (1124)
9	31	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 260% (1497)
10	36	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 280% (1980)
11	41	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 300% (2589)
12	47	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 320% (3359)
13	52	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 340% (4335)
14	58	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 360% (5555)
15	64	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 380% (7092)
16	70	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 400% (9029)
17	77	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 420% (11451)
18	84	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 440% (14457)
19	91	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 460% (18213)
20	98	Mitigated Physical damage stored (cap): 480% (22886)

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